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Congress used special methods over the past two days to approve a bill that would defer a 10 percent Medicare payment cut for doctors scheduled to begin Jan. 1. The Medicare, Medi...
Investment in a healthcare incentive, decision-making and cost-effectiveness program could save the United States $368 billion over 10 years, a new report contends. Combined with other healthcare effi...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill today continue to wrangle over a compromise in 2008 spending that would be acceptable to President Bush. The bill would allow more than $6 million for telehealth projects and...
Royal Philips Electronics will acquire healthcare IT vendor Visicu in a $430 million deal, Philips announced today. The purchase is a step towards Philips' goal of...
Despite the uncertainty posed by healthcare reform and reimbursement changes, hospitals appear to be bullish on healthcare facility projects. A strong majority of...
3i Infotech, an Edison, N.J.-based provider of IT solutions and services, has announced that FinCor Holdings, Inc. has selected the company's PREMIA Integrated Insurance management solution to...
Shares of MedAssets closed sharply higher on Thursday as the company sold its initial public offering of stock. MedAsset shares closed at $20.50 in trading on Dec. 13, up 28 percent f...
U.S. Preventive Medicine is crossing the Atlantic. The Dallas-based provider of prevention-based services for hospitals and healthcare providers in the United States has signed a l...
Uncertainty over plans to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program is likely to cause states to cut back on coverage and take other steps to cut back on services....
Spending on hospital services could top $1 trillion in 2008, based on estimated growth in hospital charges between 1997 and 2005. Data also indicated that the growth...